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(1. E. PAINTER. ELECTRIC LAMP SOCKET SWITCH, No. 466,511. vPatented'JaJn. 5, 1892.

Y QC Gwynne E.Pazjniev+ S We UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GVYNNE E. PAINTER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALE TO JAMESF. MORRISON, OF SAME PLACE.

/ ELECT RlC-LAMP-S OCK ET SWITCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,511, dated January5, 1892. Original application filed March 1'7, 1891, Serial No. 385,399.Divided and this application filed J ly 24, 1891. Serial No. 400,620.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GWYNNE E. PAINTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have in- 5 ventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Electric-Lamp-Socket Switches, ofwhich the following is a description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon.

This application is a division of an application filed by me March 17,1891, Serial No. 385,399.

My invention is an improvement in incanr 5 descent-electric-lampsocketswitches, and refers particularly to such switches when operatedelectrically and by a separate circuit independent of the main supplycircuit of the lamp. 1

The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby any individuallamp may be turned on or off from a distance, said distance beingdetermined only by the length of the circuit through which the mechanismof the switch is energized.

In accomplishinginy object I employ small electro-magnets containedwithin the lampsocket and a separate circuit to energize them. Oneadvantage of a separate circuit is that 0 the winding of the magnets isnot complicated by the varying change of potential of ordinary lightingcircuits, as it would be were the magnets in shunt relation to the maincircuit. Besides, it is expensive and im- 3 5 practicable to run thecomparatively large and expensive conductors of lighting circuits to allpoints where it would be convenient and desirable to have thecontrollingpush button or levers for operating the lights. An

0 ordinary bell-wire or any small wire of low conductivity will besufficient to carry the current required to energize the smallelectro-magnets necessary.

In the drawings I have shown upon an enlarged scale an incandescent-lampsocket, the

shell 0 of which is made in the ordinary manner from brass or any othersuitable material. It has the ordinary base K fastened to the shell 0,insulating-disks R R, and springjaws S S, to hold the lamp L inposition.

1 Upon the insulating-disk R are fixed the electro-magnets M M, whichare in circuit with the battery through conductors 3 4 and return 5. Twoopen-circuit push-buttons p 1) are shown for placing either of themagnets 5 5 desired in circuit with the battery. A bar B extends fromone to the other of the insulating-disks R R',and pivotally mountedthereon, but insulated therefrom and in close prox imity to the magnetsM M, is the armature A. The armature A rocks upon its pivotal supportand its ends are engaged, one by a detent 7c, the other by afriction-spring 01, both spring and detent being supported by bars I) band insulated from the shell 0. The pivot 2', upon which the armature Arocks, is insulated from the bar B. The screw 3, besides holding the bar13 in position, is the terminal to which the conductor 1 is attached.This conductor forms one side of the supply-cir- 7o cuit of the lamp L.The other side conductor 2 is connected to S, which retains the bar I)in position. In the position shown the circuit is broken; but if themagnet M be energized by being put in circuit with the battery b thearmature will be drawn up into the position shown in dotted lines. Thesupplycircuit will then be complete from conductor 1 to binding-screw 3,bar B, through lamp L, back through spring d, armature A, as shown indotted lines, spring-detent 7c, and conductor 2.

I do not confine myself to the exact details herein described, as thedevice may be modified in many of its minor details without de- 8 5parting from the spirit of my invention.

Having described my invention,whatI claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with an electric-lamp socket, of two sets ofelectro-magnets contained within said socket, a separate circuitindependent of the lamp-circuit for each set of magnets, a manual switchcontrolling each of said circuits, a rocking lever controlling thesupply-circuit and operated by either set of magnets, and spring-detentsconnected in the lamp-circuit and arranged to engage the lever, andthereby to control the lamp-circuit in either of its operativepositions.

2. An electric-=lamp-socket switch compris- 10o ing two or moreelcctro-magnets, a circuit independent of the lamp-circuit energizingthe electro-magnets, said circuit comprising a conductor to eachelectro-magnet, a normallyopen switch for each conductor, and a commonreturn for all the conductors, and a switch operated by theelectro-magnets and controlling the lamp-circuit.

3. The combination, with an electric-lamp socket, of two sets ofelectro-magnets fixed to an insulating-disk supported Within the bar relor shell of said socket, a separate circuit independent of thelamp-circuit for each set of magnets, a manual switch controlling eachof said circuits, a rocking-lever armature operated by said magnet, andspring-detents in the lamp-circuit arranged to engage the leverarmatureand acting to control the 1am p-circuit in either of its operativepositions.

GWYNNE E. PAIN"ER. Vitnesses:

M. HUNTINGTON, G. A. MUL EN.

